5 Dividend Stocks with Over 8% Yield

3. BB&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE:BGS)

Dividend yield: 11%

B&G Foods is a New Jersey-based food company which has a dividend yield of over 11% as of October 29. The stock jumped in September amid an industry-wide gain after General Mills posted strong quarterly results and guidance. B&G raised its dividend for nine consecutive years through 2019.

A total of 10 hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey had stakes in the company as of the end of June. The biggest stakeholder of the company was Paul Marshall and Ian Wace’s Marshall Wace LLP, with a $22 million stake.